Plastic Modelers in the IL-2 Community

[voncrapenhauser]

6 hours ago, Confused_2018 said:

Ex WNW 1/32 Lancaster to be released by Border models.

 

https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235044133-132-avro-lancaster-bmkiiii-by-border-model-ex-wingnut-wings-box-arttest-model-release-december-2021/

 

You can get the box art here:

https://www.posart.com/shop/veterans

Let's see if its better than the H and K 32nd scale Lanc allready available.?

5 hours ago, Confused_2018 said:

Link to test shot pics

 

https://www.themodellingnews.com/2021/09/preview-border-model-bombshell.html#more

 

Liking the wing ripples.

[40plus]

£700

May have to rethink

Edited October 9, 2021 by 40plus

[Confused_2018]

Lucky Model for the low low price of $599.99 USD. OUCH

 

https://www.luckymodel.com/scale.aspx?item_no=BRDBF010

 

Large Scale Planes is another good place to check this kit out.

https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/90910-wingnut-wings-lancaster-to-be-released-by-border-model/

 

Good point re comparison to the HKM Lancaster.

[Hoots]

7 hours ago, 40plus said:

£700

OOF!

[Birdman]

That Lancaster is a beast! So as I understand it's from Wingnut Wings originally? Will they bring back the WWI stuff too?

 

Back to the pacific for the next project:

1/48 Hasegawa Kate:

 

Bad quality but didn't take another one before closing the fuselage:

 

About to start the painting, going for a scheme that I researched rather than what is in the instructions so we'll see how that goes. It's going to be challenging I think

[Feathered_IV]

That’s coming along very nicely.   What colour do you use for the hinomarus?  I’m doing an A5M2a at the moment and wondering what shade of red is best.  

[Birdman]

14 hours ago, Feathered_IV said:

That’s coming along very nicely.   What colour do you use for the hinomarus?  I’m doing an A5M2a at the moment and wondering what shade of red is best.  

I'm using tamiya's flat red (xf-7 is the ref i think) but will probably lighten it up a bit at the weathering stage.

[Feathered_IV]

Thanks for the tip.   I think I have some of that colour on hand.  I have a lot of decal sheets with Japanese markings, but the hinomarus are always a bit too dark.  Spraying them looks like a much better way to go.  

[Birdman]

51 minutes ago, Feathered_IV said:

Thanks for the tip.   I think I have some of that colour on hand.  I have a lot of decal sheets with Japanese markings, but the hinomarus are always a bit too dark.  Spraying them looks like a much better way to go.  

Agreed, it's my 3rd Japanese model since getting the airbrush and I've only sprayed them on.

 

On the 1st go with the Val i sprayed them last and handling the masks (square with a hollow circle) was a little awkward.

 

On the 2nd go with the Mitsu, i sprayed the red after black basing and used circle masks and then sprayed the rest of the colors, it was easier to handle.

 

This time around I'm not doing black basing but still sprayed the red first and will use circle masks and I'm thinking of using oil paints and the end to have some color variations.

[BornToBattle]

Well, decided to make a post here with my fellow comrades concerning plastic models. I’ve been “put of the loop” for some 30-40 decades plus in regards to making plastic models. I switched over completely to wooden ones as for me they presented a challenge that was different than plastic. I only dabbled during that time in wooden boat models and wooden ship models. I still have three ships in wood that were started and  need to be finished yet. It’ll be a while until they’re finished as something in me lately was harking back to going at plastic again.

 

I decided to stick with one scale, that being 1/48 and my theme being military aircraft through the ages. Believe it or not, I’ve never made a 1/48 scale kit to date. Most were in my younger days kits like the AMT line of trucks, 1/12 scale Tamiya formula one series, 1/35 scale for armor or some 1/72 scale WW2 aircraft. I still have a 1/144 scale F-111 I made at some point too.

 

So since it’s been such a long hiatus from plastic this has meant re-learning and advancing my skill set for sure! So much has changed. Now it’s learning about dual action airbrush techniques (I upgraded from a Pasche single action to an Iwata CS Eclipse dual action which I LOVE) and replaced my old compressor with a new Iwata unit as well. Terms like black basing, panel lines and the like were unheard of back then. Amazing how the techniques have evolved alongside the kits and supplies as well! 
 

I decided to jump back into the water with both feet and am currently tackling a 1/12 Tamiya kit, that being the newer Brabham formula one kit. One huge advantage over my younger days is the ability to have patience cuz man, this thing is moving at a snails pace! I’ve got a physical challenge though now, that being shakey hands while concentrating on fine details. I’m not using the prescribed medication at all while building but instead am retracing myself with techniques and brain/muscle coordination naturally. So far so good.

 

Sorry this was long winded. Thought even though they are not plastic, but models nonetheless I’d post a few pics of stuff made from wood some time back. Rememberer - keep calm and model on! I’ll post my exploits as time marches on if anyone is interested.

 

 

 

 

[ZachariasX]

These are some mighty fine models… Wood work was always a challenge to me, as I only could muster borderline patience in sanding it down for perfect finish. Great work!

[40plus]

oh wow @BornToBattle incredible work. I've always loved tall ship models but those rowboats are fantastic and a joy to look at.

[BornToBattle]

23 hours ago, ZachariasX said:

These are some mighty fine models… Wood work was always a challenge to me, as I only could muster borderline patience in sanding it down for perfect finish. Great work!

Thank you! Yeah, I guess that’s why waaay back I switched to wood instead of plastic. You open the box and there’s really nothing that resembles what you see on the kit picture! Everything has to be made from blocks of wood or wooden strips. Of course so,e of the hardware they supply already like cannons, cleats and such but the rest is up to you with th supplies given. Planking is probably th most challenging aspect of it all. Well, at least for me it is! Thanks again for taking the time to comment!

22 hours ago, 40plus said:

oh wow @BornToBattle incredible work. I've always loved tall ship models but those rowboats are fantastic and a joy to look at.

Why thank you! The one tall ship model I built some 40 years ago now. It’s survived no less than three cross country moves as well! For my first plastic model I dove in with both feet into the plastic pool and chose a 1/12 Tamiya Formula One car. It’s the latest one by them, the Brabham kit. Ugh. But it’s a re-learning experience so it’s taking a bit longer. I’ll post some pics when it looks like something interesting to look at lol!

 

I'm not close to the caliber of some of the other people on this forum, including my former IPMS club back in Tucson. I look at their work online here and think to myself “no way” as they are good enough to be placed in some type of museum display! Oh well, better late than never with me! Thanks again!

[voncrapenhauser]

1 hour ago, BornToBattle said:

 

I'm not close to the caliber of some of the other people on this forum, including my former IPMS club back in Tucson. I look at their work online here and think to myself “no way” as they are good enough to be placed in some type of museum display! Oh well, better late than never with me! Thanks again!

I have seen "So called Museum quality models...........in Museums of course),but your wooden ships would easily outshine those I can tell you.

Nice attention to detail.

Keep up the great work.

Edited October 21, 2021 by voncrapenhauser

[Uufflakke]

On 10/20/2021 at 5:37 PM, BornToBattle said:

I’ll post my exploits as time marches on if anyone is interested.

 

 

Of course we are interested!

Also a 'work in progress' update of a new model you are working on is very welcome.

[Feathered_IV]

@BornToBattle they look fantastic. Seriously well done!  Such great craftsmanship, I’d definitely be keen to see more too. 

[Birdman]

These are beautiful @BornToBattle! How does it take you to complete one?

 

The bulk of the painting is done on the Kate:

 

Going for the 'painted in the carrier hangar' look with this one, the mottling didn't turn exactly like I'd hoped but that will do.

Tamiya's flat aluminum is such a pain to airbrush haha.

[Feathered_IV]

Looking good BM.  I'm following in your footsteps a bit and having a go at converting an A5M4 into an earlier A5M2a.  It has a much narrower fuselage, pinched cowling, bigger headrest and tiny windscreen among other things.

 

When I first started this I was comparing the drawings of each version in my Maru Mechanic book and realised if I could employ some fiendish cunning, it might be possible to cut a wedge out of the forward fuselage and force the two fuselage halves together to make the A5M2a shape. The back end aft of the cockpit would stay the same, but the front end would be squeezed together in a vice and superglued to make the new cross section... Genius!

 

I diligently set about this and performed the surgery. Then forced the ends together and cemented it all in place with my trusty old superglue. Some delicate reshaping of the cockpit opening followed and all seemed well. The wing join was too wide now, so some little wedges of styrene were added to take up the gap on each side. No worries.  Once all this was done I pushed the fuselage into place and held the little Claude up by the tail to admire it...

 

PLINK!!!

 

The two fuselage halves flew apart and the cowling took off like a champagne cork. The wings flipped away end over end and I was left comically holding the two halves of the fuselage which had opened like a flower and split almost right down to the tail...  

 

So it turns out that superglue (particularly the water-thin kind) has a very definite expiry date and will cease to be super by any stretch of the imagination after no more than a couple of years. Mine had set to a consistency similar to that of a sugar cube. The solid plug of cyano that I fancied would keep the front of my A5M safely held together was just a gritty mess that could easily be scraped away with a fingernail.

 

Bollocks.

 

The superglue went in the bin and the A5M went back into the box. There it stayed for several years until I dug it out the other week.  Since then I've been able to get it back together and reshape the cockpit.  The bulges over the guns were the trickiest bit and were built up by brushing the contours on with thinned down Tamiya putty.

  

 

 

 

Hopefully it will look something like this:

 

[Confused_2018]

New kits on the way:

2 new 1/48 SR-71 kits.

 

One from Revell, the other from Hypersonic/Gaspatch.  Reprint of Caracal decals also coming up.  I think the Revel kit is out in December.  Pre-order is about $120 usd. 

 

Build

http://hyperscale.com/2021/galleries/sr71arevell48dw_1.htm

 

The other SR-71 by Hypersonic/Gaspatch is what I will save up for.  Looks like they have been working on it for a few years.  Last post I saw said that they were still committed to it.

 

Some render work

https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234990411-148-lockheed-sr-71a-blackbird-by-hypersonic-gaspatch-models-3d-renders-in-progress/&do=findComment&comment=3068363

 

https://www.facebook.com/hypersonicmodels/photos/a.429592377126804/3310243362395010/?type=3&theater

 

This post mentions 3 noses?

https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/90784-revell-148-sr-71-kit-new-tool/&do=findComment&comment=1308187

 

Caracal Decals

https://www.caracalmodels.com/cd48100.html

 

 

 

Edited October 24, 2021 by Confused_2018

[BornToBattle]

4 hours ago, Birdman said:

These are beautiful @BornToBattle! How does it take you to complete one?

 

The bulk of the painting is done on the Kate:

 

Going for the 'painted in the carrier hangar' look with this one, the mottling didn't turn exactly like I'd hoped but that will do.

Tamiya's flat aluminum is such a pain to airbrush haha.

Happy on the responses! Actually I’m rather flabbergasted seeing how’s they are wooden models but in the end hey, a model is a model I guess! To answer your question in how long it took to complete a piece;

 

Well, the dinghy I accomplished in about 2-3 weeks and that was your typical on again, off again work cycle. I made the fishing poles complete with tiny hooks from scratch. On the boat models you form up a jig (inverted) and lay your keel line and build off of that. The seabright dory model (the blue interior with four oars) is used by lifeguards up and down the east coast, although today they are now made of fiberglass so this model is one of the “old school” boats lol.

 

The French sloop (let’s call it a “tall ship”) is some 40 years old and took me working on and off about 4-5 months to complete.

 

I really liked working on the boat kits. The dory was sorta different as it is planked in what’s called a lapstrake hull, meaning the planks overlap each other.

 

NICE WORK ON THE KATE! Looks like someone has some airbrush skills! Wanna see some pics when completed! I can’t wait to start on the aviation side of model building.

On 10/21/2021 at 4:48 PM, Feathered_IV said:

@BornToBattle they look fantastic. Seriously well done!  Such great craftsmanship, I’d definitely be keen to see more too. 

Thank you sir! Always the gentleman on these forums regardless of the topic! I’ll see if I can take some pics of my first project in some 30+ years but like I said you’ll never see me entering anything in a contest or doing contract work! My skill sets are still a bit rusty but now that I’m an old fart I do have quite a bit more patience than I used to! And again, thank you sir. And good luck on your current build! Wow.

[voncrapenhauser]

On 10/24/2021 at 3:47 AM, BornToBattle said:

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Thank you sir! Always the gentleman on these forums regardless of the topic! I’ll see if I can take some pics of my first project in some 30+ years but like I said you’ll never see me entering anything in a contest or doing contract work! My skill sets are still a bit rusty but now that I’m an old fart I do have quite a bit more patience than I used to! And again, thank you sir. And good luck on your current build! Wow.

I think were a majority of old farts on this forum, I know I am lol.

Still weve seen some young bloods here too and they can do far superior work than I did back then at their age....

 

(I am going to blame superior tools and reference they have today) I say with tonge in cheek.

Their stuff is excellent.

 

I have in the past myself entered in local club level competitions, just to share work , if I ever won anything that was a bonus.

As we say here in The UK (It's not the winning it's The taking part) I quote in an upper crust accent ,Not That I have one In reality lol.

But it's true too, So keep up the excellent work and I am always happy to see others work and frequently impressed , which Is why I started This tread way back now.

 

1st page on 2014 ......I just looked lol.

Edited October 29, 2021 by voncrapenhauser

[BornToBattle]

On 10/25/2021 at 4:37 AM, voncrapenhauser said:

I have in the past myself entered in local club level competitions, just to share work , if I ever won anything that was a bonus.

As we say here in The UK (It's not the winning it's The taking part) I quote in an upper crust accent ,Not That I have one In reality lol.

But it's true too, So keep up the excellent work and I am always happy to see others work and frequently impressed , which Is why I started This tread way back now.

 

1st page on 2014 ......I just looked lol.

Better late than never but “thanks” for thinking of starting this forum! Goin on 8 years next year and still goin strong! My problem is I have TOO MANY hobbies. Dividing my “me time” as we call it here is cut between building models, PC simming and games, artwork (though not for a long time), gardening in the summer along with car shows, blah, blah, blah. I take after my dad, my he RIP.

[Birdman]

Calling the Kate done, tried to reproduce AI-311 from Akagi. From what I gathered online this plane was supposed to be flown by Shigeharu Murata (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeharu_Murata) during the battle of Midway. As Akagi never got the chance to launch her torpedo bombers that plane probably is in pieces somewhere in the wreck today.

 

This is what I based the model off, as you can see my rendition is off but that was fun to try:

 

 

This project took me over 2 months so next I'll do Tamiya's Wildcat and it's whooping 2 sprues to relax a bit.

[fw190_luftwurgerfan]

Hello,

I am starting a build in 1/32 scale  that will rquire custom masks. 

Any suggestions who might be able to do the masks for me would be greatly appreciated. 

Not sure where to start. 

I need to scale a profile drawing to 1/32 scale so I can have the masks made. Not sure about the best way of doing this.

Thanks

 

[pjmack11377]

Let me know what you need.  By mask, do you mean the emblems on the fus?

 

Patrick

 

Sorry,  I did not know this was the modeling page.

Edited November 2, 2021 by pjmack11377

[fw190_luftwurgerfan]

Hi Patrick,

Thanks for your response to my post.

Yes, this is for a 1/32 FW-190D-9 scale modelI project I am in the process of starting. I just neeed masks made for the fuselage markings with the exception of the " red cat" personal markings. I do not have the means to make precision masks to paint the emblems on my model. I was hoping someone on this site has the necessary computer precision cutter to supply these masks. Thanks for your interest anyway.

 

Rick

 

[BornToBattle]

Very nice builds going on right now in here! I envy you with the 1/32 scale. I was set on doing that scale but decided to stick with 1/48 for now.

 

Anyhow, two questions for you pros in here…

 

1. Anybody else else build any of the 1/12 scale Tamiya F1 cars? I just noticed as I am FINALLY up to the step for detailing the tires. Problem is I’ve noticed they only give you the right side tires! Anybody else catch this? The directional arrows show (of course) they are directional tires but the arrows indicate these are ALL right side tires and nine for the left! I guess this is a cheap mold step by Tamiya as not to have to produce tires with the arrow for the left side? Interesting. I Googled it but came up zilch.

 

2. Has anyone else used ducting aluminum tape for custom parts on their models? Much easier than trying to cut aluminum foil to scale and much, much thinner. I use it to simulate little hose clamps. The only problem is despite the fact it has adhesive on one side it always wants to lift up at the end cut. Using CA actually makes the situation worse, as it upon contact makes the strip curl. Clear adhesives such as Micro Krystal Klear or Zap canopy glue Formula 500 doesn’t really dry as clear as I’d like when places over the thin foil and is somewhat flexible as well. Has anybody had any luck with using this product and an adhesive that really holds pretty instantly like CA and dries really clear?

 

Heres some pics of the tires and some of the duct foil tape I’m using and what for. Sometimes a pic is worth a thousand words! Thanks ladies and gentlemen in advance, as usual!

 

The tires. Notice the arrow directions. And the foil I’m using and what I’m trying to simulate. The screw clamp piece itself is cut from a certain gauge chromed wire I’m using in order to try to be to scale…

 

 

Sorry couldn’t post higher res with these as limit us 5 GB.

Edited November 2, 2021 by BornToBattle

[Feathered_IV]

Could not decide which scheme to do for this tiny little guy, so I cast the parts and will make two... 

 

 

One will be in the green & brown finish, and I've been getting some great help there from a pal in Japan.  The other one will be a bare metal light-aluminium finish.  One of the dud fuselages has been serving as a paint mule while I try this out.  Black-basing turns out to be too strong for 1/144, so I'm trying a pale grey base instead.  An acrylic satin coat goes on afterwards, then some metallic oils get massaged into the silver paint to give random panels a slightly different sheen.

 

Panel lines are too dark perhaps, but its looking promising.

 

 

 

[voncrapenhauser]

Looks great to me Feathered.

I think The smaller the scale the more defined The panel lines are the better.

Think it will look great when markings applied.

Great work mate.

[Hoots]

7 minutes ago, voncrapenhauser said:

Looks great to me Feathered.

I think The smaller the scale the more defined The panel lines are the better.

Think it will look great when markings applied.

Great work mate.

 

I agree, the panel lines look good to me.

[XQ_Lothar29]

Hello to all colleagues, after a Covid, a Urine infection, and digestion problems, I can finally be a little more attentive to our Hobby and Art.

I present to you the plane that I have recently finished, sorry for the quality of the photos, I am a very bad photographer. LOL

 

The plane, is an old acquaintance to all, is the BF109F4 at 1/48 of ICM.
Those of you who have already worked with it, you know how complicated it is to do it with the motor in the air, it is also a double edge, if you leave it with the motor in the air, you have to do all the wiring and the oil hoses to make it more decent .

on the other hand you have to work inside if you don't want to spend on extras.

 

Messerschmitt BF 109F-4 W.Nr 7420.b Staffelkapitän 9./JG52 Oblt. Hermann Graf May 1942. Charkow-Rogan Ukraine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The rudder in many places is painted in RLM 74/75 colors, but I have also found images with the rudder in Yellow, so I used the one I liked the most.

 

I hope you like it

Edited November 8, 2021 by XQ_Lothar29

[Irishratticus72]

Savage build! 

[Hoots]

@XQ_Lothar29 remember to hide swastikas behind a spoiler or blank them out in the photo. Lovely build though

[CUJO_1970]

Wow amazing build there!

[ZachariasX]

5 hours ago, XQ_Lothar29 said:

I hope you like it

What a beautiful build!!

[ITAF_Rani]

On 11/8/2021 at 5:11 PM, XQ_Lothar29 said:

Hello to all colleagues, after a Covid, a Urine infection, and digestion problems, I can finally be a little more attentive to our Hobby and Art.

I present to you the plane that I have recently finished, sorry for the quality of the photos, I am a very bad photographer. LOL

 

The plane, is an old acquaintance to all, is the BF109F4 at 1/48 of ICM.
Those of you who have already worked with it, you know how complicated it is to do it with the motor in the air, it is also a double edge, if you leave it with the motor in the air, you have to do all the wiring and the oil hoses to make it more decent .

on the other hand you have to work inside if you don't want to spend on extras.

 

Messerschmitt BF 109F-4 W.Nr 7420.b Staffelkapitän 9./JG52 Oblt. Hermann Graf May 1942. Charkow-Rogan Ukraine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The rudder in many places is painted in RLM 74/75 colors, but I have also found images with the rudder in Yellow, so I used the one I liked the most.

 

I hope you like it

 

Great job Lothar!!

[Feathered_IV]

Looks brilliant Lothar, really nicely done.  I hope you are on the mend and have an easier time of it soon too!

[STN]

Finally have this one off the table. Took me more than I expected. Just could not get myself to do any modelling, could not find the motivation until end of October.

 

The build was not an easy one. Kit is the old Revell one. Decided to go for the floats version so needed to buy 3rd party decals from Lima November Decals.
I will not even go into what is wrong with then kit as such, let's just say, that it is a parody of the real plane. Did some scratch building though- replaced all the handles by home made ones, built the ladder, replaced the antennae top part and added some other minor stuff. Attaching the decals was a nightmare even despite using mark soft strong. They just did not stick properly to the surface. The float support beams took a few years off my lifespan as well. Had to rework the front ones to get at least some fit.

 

Amyway, I am tossing the towel into the ring and am calling it done.

Juners F.13

NORD-NORGES AERO A/S

Norway

1932

 

Revell 1:72

[ZachariasX]

4 hours ago, STN said:

The build was not an easy one. Kit is the old Revell one.

 

It sure turned out very pretty!

 

I just came across that kit in a store last week. Had I jot done a Märklin kit in H0 scale of that, I guess I would have bought it. But thanks for the heads up on that kit.

[Feathered_IV]

19 hours ago, raaaid said:

i thought twice and decided to start carving big candles

 

Wax carving is an excellent idea.  If you have a few dollars in your pocket think about visiting a jewellers supply shop.  You can get waxes there in different grades of hardness and melting point.  They are usually graded by colour for easy identification (green is the hardest, blue is good and pink/browns are generally the softest and stickiest).  Wax carving tools are easy to make yourself from any old scrap metal, and you can make quite an array of scrapers and texturing tools for no money at all.  Keep an eye out for the steel bristles that street sweeping machines leave behind when you go out for a walk.  They are usually good quality metal and can be made into all manner of things for wax carving.